Rebuilding Zimbabwe's Crumbling Medical System

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The University of Colorado
medical school isn’t just focused on training future doctors here, it’s trying
to rebuild a medical system that virtually collapsed in Zimbabwe. The collapse
came at a terrible time for that southern African nation. Doctors and nurses
were fleeing, as HIV/AIDS tore through the population. People died from
treatable conditions because they couldn’t get basic care. Doctors from the CU
School of Medicine have been working with their counterparts in Zimbabwe to
remedy this situation. In the last few years, they’ve begun to see some
results. Dr. Thomas Campbell leads the CU team. He spoke with Ryan Warner.